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Description

The ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S. is an annual statistical compendium that provides a "comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political and economic conditions of the United States". Statistics included in this database were previously available in the U.S. Bureau of Census's Statistical Abstract of the United States. located at http://www.census.gov/library/publications/time-series/statistical_abstracts.html

The wide range of topic includes:

Population

Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces

Health and Nutrition

Education

Law Enforcement, Courts, and Prisons

Geography and Environment

Elections

State and Local Government Finances and Employment

Federal Government Finances and Employment

National Security and Veterans Affairs

Social Insurance and Human Services

Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings

Income, Expenditures, Poverty and Wealth

Prices

Business Enterprise

Science and Technology

Agriculture

Forestry, Fishing, and Mining

Energy and Utilities

Construction and Housing

Manufactures

Wholesale and Retail Trade

Transportation

Information and Communications

Banking, Finance and Insurance

Arts, Recreation and Travel

Accommodation, Food Services and Other Services

Foreign Commerce and Aid

Puerto Rico and the Island Areas

International Statistics

All tables include references to the original sources and many contain footnotes. Most information is from U.S. Government sources, but selected tables were extracted from non-government publications.

Dates Covered

Dates vary depending upon the topic. Excel files usually cover larger time periods than PDF displays. Consult Print Counterparts and Related Databases for to view historical timeframes beginning with the 1870's.

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Print Counterpart

Datapedia of the United States, 1790-2005: America Year by Year (Bernan Press)
Lockwood Reference HA202 .K87 2001

Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the Present (Cambridge University Press)
Lockwood Reference HA202 .H57 2006
Five volumes deal with:

Population

Work and Welfare

Economic Structure and Performance

Economic Sectors

Governance and International Relations

New York State Statistical Yearbook (New York State Division of the Budget. Office of Statistical Coordination)
Lockwood HA541 .A27 (1967+; most recent in Reference)
Lockwood New York Collection NY BUD 955-3 NEWYS (1968+ with gaps)

Statistical Abstract of the United States (U.S. Bureau of the Census) (Published by Bernan Press beginning with the 2013 edition)
Architecture/ Planning Library HA 202 year (2000+ with gaps)
Lockwood Library HA 202 year (1878+ with gaps)
Lockwood Reference HA 202 year (1946+ with gaps)
Lockwood Documents (1957+ with gaps)

Related Databases

(General Services Administration. Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies) Attempts to facilitate the location and downloading of datasets prepared by the federal government. Metadata records are very well done.